Did you stop by and check out our awesome Pebbles Basics blog hop yesterday? Hope so! We're going to continue the Basics goodness today with some great handmade cards by Design Team Member Laura Craigie. It would be an understatement to say I adore the Basics line. I tend to be more of a "B-side" user in general and gravitate to simple patterns, so this line is rather a match made in heaven for me! I thought I would challenge myself to make a feminine card, and then something a little more on the masculine spectrum to share today. For my Feminine card I used a … [Read more...]

We're wrapping up with our series of fun back-to-school projects with another card for teacher today.One of our favorite "craft" projects is to take basic papers and turn them into something great! Take the apple on this card for instance, it's actually made with two circle punches. Let me show you how...For this project you will need a 2" circle punch, a 2" scallop circle punch and a few sheets of cardstock. Use your circle punch to cut a circle out of the red cardstock .Nip the top and bottom of your circle with your circle punch to create an apple shape. Use the circle punch … [Read more...]

We've enjoyed sharing a back-to-basics approach to papercrafting and scrapbooking using our new school-friendly mini collection. Today, you've simply got to check out this super-simple card made for teacher. The bright primary colors just shout cheerful and it would be such a fun edition to any teacher gift. Back-to-School Teacher CardI know that most of you could make this card blindfolded, with one hand tied behind your back. Writing out the process can sometimes make projects a bit more easy to complete. So here it is...directions for making a back to school card in five simple … [Read more...]

On Friday, we closed our call for designers. We're thrilled with the response we received this year and are sorting through the applications one-by-one. We anticipate announcing our 2013-14 Pebbles Design Team in mid-July. Other changes are afoot in the Pebbles family. After years of service, our blog host Lynn, is moving on to concentrate on a other projects and spend more time with her family. Lynn has been a constant with Pebbles since this site was created and has done a phenomenal job coordinating things for us.Of course no one will miss Lynn more than our design team members, … [Read more...]